Human Resources Officer (HR Officer)

Wear Safe (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd; Kapar; On-site; MYR 45,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Wear Safe (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. is seeking an HR Officer to manage foreign worker documentation, onboarding, and compliance in a manufacturing setting.

The role covers permits, medicals, and coordination with immigration authorities, ensuring audit-ready records and smooth employee relocation and repatriation. The candidate will lead full-cycle hiring for operators, conduct initial screenings and interviews, and liaise with payroll for onboarding paperwork, while providing frontline HR support to

Qualifications

• Must have strong interpersonal and communication abilities.
• Experience maintaining records, reporting, and basic computer skills.
• Meticulous attention to detail and accuracy.
• Experience in manufacturing HR handling is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end foreign worker processes: permits, visas, and renewals.
• Coordinate mandatory medical examinations for foreign workers.
• Handle immigration-related matters and FW resignations.
• Oversee onboarding logistics and offboarding/repatriation.
• Maintain audit-ready files for every foreign worker.
• Run recruitment cycles for operators, from sourcing to onboarding.
• Screen applicants, conduct interviews, and coordinate with supervisors.
• Serve as contact for employees on admin issues and hostel matters.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Administrative skills

Computer literacy

Attention to detail

Education

SPM and above

Job description

• Manage the complete process for foreign workers, including application, renewal, and cancellation of work permits, visas, and other critical documents (e.g., passport renewal).
• Schedule and ensure all foreign workers undergo and pass mandatory medical examinations as required by FOMEMA.
• Dealing with Immigration/ MYEG for foreign workers application matter, permit renewal, FW resignation
• Coordinate the onboarding logistics for new foreign workers (airport pickup, accommodation) and manage the offboarding and repatriation process upon contract completion
• Maintain up-to-date, and audit-ready files for every foreign worker

Compliance

• Prepare and organize all necessary documentation for internal audits and external inspections.
• Arrange workers for interview during social audit

Recruitment

• Handle the full cycle for hiring operators, from sourcing and screening to offering and onboarding.
• Proactively source candidates via databases, career fairs, and employee referrals.
• Review applications, conduct initial phone screenings, and shortlist qualified candidates based on role requirements.
• Schedule and conduct interviews with potential operators. Coordinate with production supervisors for second-stage interviews if require.
• Communicate effectively with all applicants throughout the process, providing updates and ensuring a positive candidate experience.
• Prepare and organize all necessary documentation with payroll personnel for onboarding process.
• Serve as a point of contact for employees regarding administrative issues, facility concerns, and hostel matters

Others

• Performing any ad-hoc tasks assigned by superiors and/or the Management whenever required

Qualification

• SPM and above

Experience

• Min 3 years relevant experience in manufacturing field

Other Personal Capabilities

• Good Interpersonal & communication skills
• Good administrative skills mainly in keeping records, preparing reports and computer literate will be an added advantage
• Meticulous attention to detail and accuracy

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Chemicals & Plastics Manufacturing 1,001-5,000 employees

Wear Safe (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. (WSM) was acquired by KOSSAN in 2003. WSM started its operation in Port Klang with 5 dipping latex surgical glove lines. In year 2007, WSM was relocated to new plant at Jalan Meru, Klang with a centralized sterile packing location and enhanced production lines of a capacity of 8 million pairs of surgical gloves per month.

With a growing market demand, KOSSAN has invested another WSM plant in Jalan Meru in year 2013. The plant was commissioned with 9 new production lines with a monthly capacity of more than 31.5 million pairs of surgical gloves . The plant has obtained ISO 9001:2008, EN ISO 13485:2012 Quality Management System (QMS) and CMDR and ISO Class 8 in 2013.

As at today, there are more than 400 well-trained employees in WSM. With the advent of Information Technology, KOSSAN has embrace and employed new technologies to cultivate a knowledge-based workforce and to promote better communications with all relevant parties.

KOSSAN also believes in introducing a right mix of work and play in the organisation. We advocate a healthy and balanced corporate culture that will inadvertently create a synergistic result.

At KOSSAN, we are not just employers or employees. We are the KOSSAN family.

Wear Safe (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. (WSM) was acquired by KOSSAN in 2003. WSM started its operation in Port Klang with 5 dipping latex surgical glove lines. In year 2007, WSM was relocated to new plant at Jalan Meru, Klang with a centralized sterile packing location and enhanced production lines of a capacity of 8 million pairs of surgical gloves per month.

With a growing market demand, KOSSAN has invested another WSM plant in Jalan Meru in year 2013. The plant was commissioned with 9 new production lines with a monthly capacity of more than 31.5 million pairs of surgical gloves . The plant has obtained ISO 9001:2008, EN ISO 13485:2012 Quality Management System (QMS) and CMDR and ISO Class 8 in 2013.

As at today, there are more than 400 well-trained employees in WSM. With the advent of Information Technology, KOSSAN has embrace and employed new technologies to cultivate a knowledge-based workforce and to promote better communications with all relevant parties.

KOSSAN also believes in introducing a right mix of work and play in the organisation. We advocate a healthy and balanced corporate culture that will inadvertently create a synergistic result.

At KOSSAN, we are not just employers or employees. We are the KOSSAN family.

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